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ANewYorkTimesNotableBookAChicagoTribuneFavoriteBookoftheYearASanFranciscoChronicleBestBookoftheYearAynRand’sbookshaveattractedthreegenerationsofreaders,shapedtheLibertarianmovement,influencedWhiteHouseeconomicpoliciesthroughouttheReaganyearsandbeyond,andinspiredtheTeaPartymovement.Yettwenty-eightyearsafterherdeath,readersknowverylittleaboutherlife.Inthisseminalbiography,AnneC.Hellertracesthecontroversialauthor’slifefromherchildhoodinBolshevikRussiatoheryearsasaHollywoodscreenwriter,thepublicationofherblockbusternovels,andtheriseandfallofthecultthatworshippedherinthe1950sand1960s.BasedonoriginalresearchinRussiaandscoresofinterviewswithRand’sacquaintancesandformeracolytes,AynRandandtheWorldSheMadeisacomprehensiveandeye-openingportraitofoneofthemostsignificantandimprobablefiguresofthetwentiethcentury.,
作者简介
AnneC.HellerhaswrittenforsuchpublicationsasLear’s,Mademoiselle,TriQuarterly,andEsquire.SheistheformerfictioneditorofEsquireandRedbook,andaformerexecutiveeditoratCondéNastPublications.ShelivesinManhattan.,,